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6. Nephr odium pennigerum Hk. 



Rhizome erect or creeping. Stipes hairy or 

 naked. Fronds up to 4 feet long, pinnate ; 

 pinnae 8-10 inches long, i-i| inches broad, 

 pinnatifid about J to the midrib into blunt 

 lobes ; lower pinnae not reduced. Texture 

 herbaceous. Rachis and surfaces hairy. Vein- 

 lets pinnate in the lobes, 8-12 on each side, 

 5 or 6 (rarely three) lower ones anastomosing 

 with an ex-current veinlet. Sori on the back of 

 the veinlets ; indusium kidney-shaped. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Tyagli, Jog, Yan, Mankibile. 



South India, in all the western mountain 

 forests ; Ceylon, Central Provinces, 2,000- 

 4,000 feet ; East Bengal, from Mishmee to 

 Chittagong at no great elevation ; Malay 

 Peninsula. Malay Islands ; Tropical Africa. 



7. Nephr odium crinipes Hk. 

 Rhizome erect or creeping. Stipes densely 

 covered with narrow hair-like scales. Fronds 

 2-3 feet long, pinnate ; pinnae 4-6J inches 

 long, J-j inch broad, pinnatifid J-j towards 

 the midrib ; lobes oblong ; lower pinnae 

 reduced to mere auricles. Texture herbaceous. 

 Rachis scaly. Surfaces naked. Veinlets pin- 



